Richard Dysart
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1929-03-30
Day of Death
2015-04-05 (86 years old)
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Richard Dysart
Biography
Richard Allen Dysart (March 30, 1929 – April 5, 2015) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as senior partner Leland McKenzie in the television series L.A. Law (1986–1994), for which he won a 1992 Primetime Emmy Award as Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series after four consecutive nominations. In film, he held supporting roles in The Hospital (1971), Being There (1979), The Thing (1982), Mask (1985), Pale Rider (1985) and Wall Street (1987).
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Acting
(2009)
Everything Is Terrible! The Movie
as Self (archive footage)
(2004)
Proteus: A Nineteenth Century Vision
as The Ancient Mariner (voice)
(2002)
L.A. Law: The Movie
as Leland McKenzie
(1999)
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 3: The Ultimate Battle
as Cogliostro (voice)
(1998)
Hard Rain
as Henry Sears
(1998)
Todd McFarlane's Spawn 2
as Cogliostro (voice(
(1997)
Todd McFarlane's Spawn
as Cogliostro (voice)
(1996)
Corwin
as Self
(1995)
Panther
as J. Edgar Hoover
(1995)
Truman
as Henry L. Stimson
(1995)
A Child Is Missing
as Riley Hallihan
(1993)
Marilyn & Bobby: Her Final Affair
as J. Edgar Hoover
(1990)
Back to the Future Part III
as Barbwire Salesman
(1989)
Day One
as President Harry S. Truman
(1988)
Moving Target
as Arthur Cambridge
(1988)
Your Alcohol I.Q.
as Self
(1988)
Mickey's 60th Birthday
as Leland McKenzie
(1987)
Wall Street
as Cromwell
(1987)
Six Against the Rock
as Warden James Johnston
(1987)
(1986)
The Last Days of Patton
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1986)
Blood & Orchids
as Harvey Koster
(1986)
L.A. Law: Pilot
as Leland McKenzie
(1985)
Pale Rider
as Coy LaHood
(1985)
Mask
as Abe
(1985)
The Falcon and the Snowman
as Dr. Lee
(1985)
Warning Sign
as Dr. Nielsen
(1985)
Malice in Wonderland
as Louis B. Mayer
(1982)
The Thing
as Dr. Copper
(1982)
Missing Children: A Mother's Story
as Hunter Burgess
(1981)
Bitter Harvest
as Dr. Morton Freeman
(1981)
People vs. Jean Harris
as Judge Russell R. Leggett
(1980)
Bogie
as Jack Warner
(1980)
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
as Edwin Stanton
(1979)
Meteor
as Secretary of Defense
(1979)
Being There
as Dr. Robert Allenby
(1979)
Prophecy
as Trevor Isley
(1979)
Churchill and the Generals
as Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower
(1978)
An Enemy of the People
as Aslaksen
(1978)
First, You Cry
as Dr. Brennerman
(1977)
It Happened One Christmas
as Peter Bailey
(1977)
The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer
as President Ulysses S. Grant
(1976)
Riding with Death
as Leonard Driscoll
(1975)
The Day of the Locust
as Claude Estee
(1975)
The Hindenburg
as Lehman
(1974)
The Terminal Man
as Dr. John Ellis
(1974)
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
as Master Bryant
(1974)
The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder
as Father
(1971)
The Hospital
as Dr. Welbeck
(1971)
The Sporting Club
as Spengler
(1969)
The Lost Man
as Barnes
(1969)
(1968)
Petulia
as Motel Receptionist
(1963)
Love with the Proper Stranger
as Accountant (uncredited)